Great Sites: Gizmo’s Freeware Reviews

There are many gems of freeware programs on the interweb hidden amongst the trojans and adwares. How do you decide which ones to use?
Gizmo’s Freeware Reviews
It used to be a hugely popular site called “Top 46 Freeware Programs”. The owner seems to know his stuff and the site is frequently updated. Over time, I’ve noticed [...]

Like a lamb to the slaughter…

I am going to take the MRCS (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons) Part 1 and Part 2 examinations in a couple of days time, and feel ridiculously unprepared. In the past weeks, I’ve been cramming at any time possible, and feel very glad that the department I’m working at now has been able [...]

Another Stage of Life

You know you’re no longer fresh out of medical school when many of your classmates are getting married.
Methinks it’s time for the quarter-life crisis to kick in.

The Blame Game

Before we go ahead, though, here’s something that needs to be pointed out.
Consent is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for negligence.
No one said it was.
Whenever a complication happens, despite the pre-operative counselling, the patient and his/her family look for someone to blame. It must be the surgeon’s fault! It was the inexperienced one, wasn’t it? [...]

The Danger of CB Thoughts

Yes, CB thoughts are a concept that was introduced to J much earlier, but it was only in a rotation through General Surgery that the term “CB thought” was taught to him. CB – being an acronym for a vulgar Hokkien term for parts of the human anatomy.
The rule is -
If you think that things [...]

Video: Bio-Rad GTCA Song (with lyrics)

I love Bio-Rad advertisements. Here, with the follow-up to the PCR Song, is the GTCA SsoFast song, to the tune of YMCA.

Lyrics below.

the poor stay poor – smoking in singapore

Mr L is a new case that presents to the surgical clinic. He has been referred for a right elbow superficial lump that warrants excision.
Straight off the bat, he says (in Hokkien), “Doctor, how much does it cost to remove this lump? Can I use Medisave? I can’t afford to pay, you know, this clinic [...]